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'File 82/27 VI (F 87) Qatar Oil' [‎124r] (262/454)

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The record is made up of 1 file (221 folios). It was created in 17 Jan 1935-30 Apr 1935. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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authority to protect the Company's employees and property as far as
possible. But the Company shall also, itself, take the necessary
steps in this respect, namely that the Shaikh or his representative
will appoint armed guards of his own choice and the Company shall
pay the expenses; and the guards should be sufficient in number and
equipment. And neither does the Shaikh guarantee to the Company
what may be caused by unforeseen circumstances, nor will he be
responsible therefor. For instance should, God forbid, an attack
be made by an enemy or any accident occurs in spite of him, through
any aggressor, the Shaikh shall, in case of such aggression, use
his endeavour to ward off an aggression of this nature| but he shall
not be responsible for any loss or damage thereby caused.
Article Twelfth. The Company has the right to transfer this
Agreement to any other commercial Company; but it shall have no right
to transfer it to any Government whatsoever on the conditions that
the said Company shall be able to fulfil the obligations of this
Agreement and its engagements entirely. The Company shall inform
the Shaikh if it transferred this Agreement in the manner aforesaid
and obtain his assent and acquiescence. And the Company shall have
the liberty to form a single Company, if it finds it necessary, to
carry out this Agreement, and the aforesaid Company shall enjoy all
the rights and privileges granted to the Company in virtue of this
Agreement, and it must bear all the engagements and responsibilities
set forth therein.
Article Thirteenth. The Company may terminate this Agreement if it
finds it disagreeable for it to act upon the same; but it shall have
no right to cancel it or to abandon it and to discontinue operating
it except after three years with effect from the beginning of
operation, by giving six months' previous notice, in writing, to the
Shaikh of its intention to do so. And if the said cancellation
should take place within thirty five years from the date of signature
of this Agreement, all the lands granted by the Shaikh and any lands
0 r buildings purchased by the Company and any houses or buildings
constructed by, and any immovable properties belonging to, the Company

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The volume contains correspondence and telegrams between the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Bahrain and the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. at Bushire, the Government of India, the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. in London and Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) representatives in regard to the negotiations with the Sheikh of Qatar, ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī, for the oil concession.

The volume contains numerous draft agreements on the Qatar oil concession and also a 'Sketch map of Qatar Peninsula' (folio 22).

There are some letters in Arabic, to and from the Sheikh of Qatar.

Extent and format
1 file (221 folios)
Arrangement

The documents in the volume are mostly arranged in chronological order. There are notes at the end of the volume, (folios 210-214). The file notes are arranged chronologically and refer to documents within the file; they give a brief description of the correspondence with reference numbers in red crayon, which refer back to that correspondence in the volume.

There is also a brief index at the beginning (f. 1v) indicating the main topics covered in the volume.

Physical characteristics

The main foliation is written in pencil, circled, and can be found in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. The numbering commences at the title page with 1 and 1A; then 2-21; 22 and 22A; 23-25; 26 is missing or omitted; 27-65; 66 and 66A; 67-127; 128, 128A and 128B and terminates at the last folio with 217. A second incomplete foliation sequence is present between ff. 29-160; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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